George Zachary came across Twitter's cofounders long before they created the massive microblogging network. He and Charles River Ventures had invested in Odeo, the podcasting service created by Ev Williams. After Odeo failed, Zachary led a $250,000 investment for a 1% stake in Williams and co.'s new project. That stake alone is worth about $300 million today following the San Francisco company's successful

2013 IPO. He had another massive exit with enterprise social network Yammer (acquired by Microsoft in 2012 for $1.2 billion). Zachary was the first investor in the 2009 Series A. His current board seats include positions at Pebble, Udacity and Crushpath and Cloudshare. Zachary got his start in venture capital at Mohr Davidow Ventures before moving to CRV in 2004. He's backed 27 companies in his 18 years of being a VC. Zachary heads CRV's seed investing program, but says his "best seed investment so far" are his twins.

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